Jesse Itzler | Creating Your Own Luck, Overcoming Fear and Living a Life that Matters

The Jon Gordon Podcast

Jon Gordon

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🗓️ 28 April 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Positive University Podcast, Jon Gordon talks with Jesse Itzler. You'll learn:

Why Jesse has only eaten fruit until noon for the past 27 years.
What Jesse's journey was like going from distributing demo tapes to being broke and sleeping on 18 couches and eventually founding a private jet company, selling a product to Coca-Cola, and owning the Atlanta Hawks.
Jesse's mindset of personal responsibility and success.
Why Jesse believes you need to create your own luck.
Why lasting change takes time.
And so much more!

You can find Jesse at www.jesseitzler.com

*This episode is marked explicit due to simply a couple instances of profanity used.

About Jesse Itzler:

Jesse Itzler eats only fruit 'til noon, loves Run-D.M.C., and enjoys living life "out of the box." He cofounded Marquis Jet, the worlds largest prepaid private jet prepaid flight card company which he and his partner sold to Berkshire Harhaway/NetJets. Jesse then helped pioneer the coconut water craze with Zico coconut water, which was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company. He is a former rapper on MTV and he produced both the NBA's Emmy Award-winning "I Love This Game" music campaign and the popular New York Knicks anthem "Go NY Go." When he is not running ultra marathons, eating vegan food or being a dad to his three kids, Jesse can be found at the NBA's Atlanta Hawks games, where he is an owner of the team. He is married to Spanx founder Sara Blakely.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast, where John and his guest will share positive
0:07.4	inspiration, encouragement, and lessons to help you overcome your challenges and make a greater impact.
0:14.0	Our goal is that you know it, live it, and share it.
0:17.0	Let's begin.
0:18.0	Hey, I'm John Gordon with Positive University,
0:22.0	and today my guess is Jesse Itzler.
0:24.0	Jesse I've only been eating blueberries all morning in honor of you and this
0:28.7	podcast. Can you start up by telling us like why you only eat fruit for breakfast and how long you've been doing this?
0:34.1	Well, I can tell you ready, we're fast friends. We're fast friends.
0:40.4	Yeah, I've been doing that for 27 years.
0:42.5	I've only unwavering, only had fruit until noon.
0:46.5	And really, it's just, I read a book called Fifth for Life
0:50.5	when I was trying to run my first marathon.
0:53.2	I was looking for any advantage.
0:55.2	And in the book, it challenged the reader
0:57.9	to eat only fruit until 12 o'clock for 10 days
1:01.8	and then go back
1:02.9	to your traditional regular breakfast,
1:04.9	which for me was like eggs, bagel, oatmeal, bacon,
1:07.5	whatever I was eating at the time.
1:09.5	And I did that and when I went back to my regular meal I just felt so sluggish I felt terrible and I just never went back. It's been 27 years and the whole motion around it without going into too much detail is it's all about energy and it's all about you know
1:28.4	digestion requires a tremendous amount of energy so if you could streamline your digestion and use less energy, you'd
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